Photo: Coastal Elite from Halifax, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.029 schools in and around Cole Harbour: 18 elementary schools, 9 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade
10 are inside the town itself and 19 lie within 3 km of its edge. In French: 2 of the 29 schools, where in Nova Scotia the share is 6%. We don’t grade schools in Nova Scotia. The reason: the province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20.
Where the 29 schools in and around Cole Harbour are
Every school as a pin, coloured by system; each opens its own page.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Cole Harbour
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Nova Scotia.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Nova Scotia.
Conseil scolaire acadien provincial runs the French-language ones: École du Carrefour du Grand-Havre and École Bois-Joli.
Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives French-speaking parents the right to French-language schooling for their children, through the French-language boards.
Who runs Cole Harbour’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
By system, they split: English public 27 and French-language 2.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
Which of the 2 boards runs which school
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
Halifax Regional Centre for Education runs the most, 27 of them, among 2 boards.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Halifax Regional Centre for EducationAstral Drive, Astral Drive Junior High, Auburn Drive High, Bel Ayr, Brookhouse, Caldwell Road, Caledonia Junior High, Colby Village … | English public | 27 |
| Conseil scolaire acadien provincialBois-Joli, du Carrefour du Grand-Havre | French public | 2 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Cole Harbour
French-language schools
The French boards take rights-holders’ children by right and others by committee.
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 29 schools in and around Cole Harbour
High schools within reach of Cole Harbour
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 25 high schools: 23 English public and 2 French public. Closest of all: Astral Drive Junior High (1.1 km).
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astral Drive Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 1.1 km |
| Sir Robert Borden Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 1.8 km |
| Cole Harbour District HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 2.1 km |
| Eric Graves Memorial Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 2.5 km |
| Auburn Drive HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 2.9 km |
| Ellenvale Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.4 km |
| Ross RoadAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.7 km |
| Woodlawn HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4 km |
| Caledonia Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.6 km |
| Graham Creighton Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 4.8 km |
All 25 secondary schools
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Island View HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 6.1 km |
| BicentennialAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7 km |
| Dartmouth HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 7.1 km |
| École Mer et MondeAll grades | Conseil scolaire acadien provincial | French public | 8.1 km |
| Citadel HighSecondary · Grades 10–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.2 km |
| Gorsebrook Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.5 km |
| John Martin Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 8.5 km |
| École secondaire MosaïqueSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Conseil scolaire acadien provincial | French public | 8.6 km |
| Halifax Central Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 9.2 km |
| OxfordAll grades | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 9.4 km |
| Highland Park Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 10 km |
| St Agnes Junior HighSecondary · Grades 7–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 11 km |
| Fairview Junior HighAll grades · Grades 6–9 | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 13 km |
| Halifax West HighSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 14 km |
| Park WestSecondary | Halifax Regional Centre for Education | English public | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Nova Scotia
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Park West | 34,404 | 24 | 2 | 0.8 km |
| … | ||||
| Lunenburg | 26,862 | 16 | 1 | 2.8 km |
| Kingston | 24,574 | 11 | 1 | 3.7 km |
| Westmount | 23,207 | 29 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| South End | 22,012 | 27 | 1 | 2 km |
| Cole Harbour | 21,627 | 29 | 2 | 1.1 km |
| Colchester County, Subdivision B | 21,578 | 15 | 1 | 8.4 km |
| Woodlawn | 20,925 | 37 | 3 | 0.3 km |
| Windsor | 20,318 | 11 | 0 | 0.2 km |
| Lower Sackville | 20,171 | 21 | 1 | 0.6 km |
| … | ||||
| Windsor Park | 13,044 | 32 | 0 | 0.3 km |
6 of the 21 others have more schools in reach. Of the 22, 18 offer a French-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Cole Harbour
Each town’s schools in or within 3 km of its outline; distances as the crow flies.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Harbour | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Portland Estates 2.8 km | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 km |
| Westphal 3.4 km | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 km |
| Woodlawn 4.7 km | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 km |
| Manor Park 5.3 km | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| Eastern Passage 5.5 km | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0.8 km |
| Lawrencetown 6 km | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 km |
Top among the neighbours: Woodlawn, 37 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Counted: Cole Harbour’s own schools and any within 3 km of its edge.
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
- The year. Listed for 2025-26.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
- What isn’t here. No ratings by inspectors, no enrolment trend: neither is published school by school.
Questions about schools in Cole Harbour
How do I get a place at a school in Cole Harbour?
Choose a system, then register with its board; the address decides the school.
Which boards run the schools in Cole Harbour?
By number of schools: Halifax Regional Centre for Education (27) and Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (2).
Is there a French-language school in Cole Harbour?
Yes: École du Carrefour du Grand-Havre and École Bois-Joli, the French-language schools here.
Sources: Nova Scotia Department of Education, school contact list 2025-26 (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).